Britain's best police dog honoured after dragging suspect from hedge by genitals
dailystar.co.ukREAD MORE: Dramatic moment police dog forces car thief to surrenderThe pair were nominated by Chief Inspector Simon Newell, the head of Alliance Policing dog section for Cheshire and North Wales, for their impressive year of crime fighting which included finding missing people and making over 20 arrests in a single year.McDonough and Toro's appear to be making names for themselves, having been on patrol during the G7 summit in Cornwall and also cropping up on the Channel 5 programme Motorway Cops where their exploits catching a serial thief by the genitals was caught on film.PC McDonough said: "When I found out that we were getting the award, it was really humbling and overwhelming.
For once, I was speechless."It’s nice to just get nominated for an award and to have a little bit of recognition for the work that PD Toro and I are doing, so to find out that we had actually won was great.
I was made up."Chief Inspector Newell said: “The road to becoming a dog handler and getting your own crime fighting canine is an arduous one which takes dedication and skill."I’m very proud of our team of dog handlers and their dogs here at the Alliance."Kieran Stanbridge, trustee of the Thin Blue Paw Foundation said: "PD Toro is still only a few years into his career and has already showed an incredible natural aptitude for the role, as well as complete commitment to getting the job – whatever that is – done."Toro lives with PC McDonough, who has been with Cheshire Police for 11 years and has worked as part of Alliance Policing’s dog section since 2016.McDonough puts their success down to the special relationship he has with the police pooch.He said: "The bond we’ve got is fantastic.
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